Salary bands / Recruiter · Mid (3–5 yrs) · Tier-1 cities
Salary · India · Tier-1 citiesRecruiter Salary in India (Mid, Tier-1 cities) — 2026
p25 / p50 / p75 / p90 base compensation, in LPA, from n=55 anonymised records. A cohort only publishes once 12 or more anonymised offers land in it (k≥12 floor) — we never expose individual pay.
3.0 LPA
P25
7.5 LPA
P50 · median
7.5 LPA
P75
7.5 LPA
P90
CTC band distribution
<5LPA
n=19
5-10LPA
n=36
By years of experience
YoE 3-5
p50 7.5 LPA · p25–p90 3.0 LPA – 7.5 LPA
n = 55
Recruiter — other published bands
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What k≥12 means: every number on this page is aggregated from a cohort of at least 12 anonymised offers, so no individual's compensation can be reverse-engineered. Last refreshed 2026-04-25 from 534,500+ verified job-market records. New to percentiles? How to read a salary band. Read the full methodology.